FBI warns of PYSA Ransomware attacks against Education Institutions in US and UK
The FBI has issued an alert to warn about an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks on education institutions in the US and UK. The FBI has issued Tuesday an alert…
Why ‘Thinking Small’ Is the Way to Stop Ransomware and Other Cyber Attacks
By Yuval Baron, CEO at AlgoSec, explains why micro-segmentation is one of the most effective methods to limit the damage of attacks on a network On August 15, 2020, the…
Cybersecurity Predictions For 2021
Preparing for the “next normal” By Topher Tebow, Cybersecurity Analyst (Malware), Acronis For cybersecurity professionals, this year began more or less like any other. Fast forward to April, and nearly…
US DoJ indicted the CEO of Sky Global encrypted chat platform
The CEO of the encrypted communications firm Sky Global has been indicted in the US on charges of facilitating international drug trafficking The head of the Canada-based company Sky Global…
ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange exploit is completely out of the bag by now
A security researcher released a new PoC exploit for ProxyLogon issues that could be adapted to install web shells on vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers. A security researcher has released a…
Closing the Cybersecurity Skills Gap: SOAR with definitive evidence
By Michael Morris, Director of Global Business Development, Endace We’ve all read the news and seen the stats, so it comes as no surprise that SecOps teams are incredibly short-staffed…
The fire in the OVH datacenter also impacted APTs and cybercrime groups
The fire at the OVH datacenter in Strasbourg also impacted the command and control infrastructure used by several nation-state APT groups and cybercrime gangs. OVH, one of the largest hosting…
Hackers stole data from Norway parliament exploiting Microsoft Exchange flaws
Norway parliament, the Storting, has suffered a new cyberattack, hackers stole data by exploiting recently disclosed Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities. Norway ‘s parliament, the Storting, was hit by a new cyberattack,…
CMMC – Lessons Learned to Date
By Carter Schoenberg, Vice President of Cybersecurity at SoundWay Consulting. In the January issue of Cyber Defense Magazine, my first article provided an introduction to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification…
The Best Network Protection: Go Deep or Go Broad?
Combining Breadth and Depth Brings Full Protection By Albert Zhichun Li, Chief Scientist, Stellar Cyber Almost since the beginning of network security, vendors and practitioners have wrestled with choices between…
Apple fixes CVE-2021-1844 RCE that affects iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari
Apple released out-of-band patches to address a remote code execution, tracked as CVE-2021-1844, that affect iOS, macOS, watchOS, and Safari web browser. Apple has released out-of-band security patches to address…
3 SaaS Backup Rules to Keep Your Data Safer in 2021
By Dmitry Dontov, CEO and Chief Architect of Spin Technology In the wake of the global pandemic, organizations of all types and sizes have pivoted to cloud resources to accommodate…